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Jesús Rafael Soto

Structure cinétique

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jesús Rafael Soto 

1923 - 2005


Structure cinétique

titled and dated 1955 (on a label affixed to the reverse)

acrylic on Plexiglas and panel with steel

15 ¾ by 15 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.

40 by 40 by 22.2 cm.

Executed in 1955, this work is unique.

Karl-Kristian Ringstrøm, Oslo (acquired by 1968)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Denise René, SOTO, June - July 1970 (silkscreen edition version exhibited)

Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Jesús Rafael Soto, January - March 1997, n.n., p. 64, illustrated in color (silkscreen edition version)

Exh. Cat., Mexico City, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo (and traveling), Jesús Rafael Soto. Visione in movimento, November 2005 - February 2007, p. 55, illustrated in color (silkscreen edition version)

Exh. Cat., Guggenheim Bilbao, Soto. La cuarta dimensión, October 2019 - February 2020, p. 44 (1967 silkscreen edition version illustrated in Paris, Galeríe Denise René, Soto - de l'art optique à l'art cinétique, 1967) and pp. 68-70, illustrated in color (1967 silkscreen edition version)

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Soto: estructuras cinéticas, June 1957, no. 17, n.p., illustrated (titled transparencias)

Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Op-kunst, March - April 1968, no. 95

London, Sotheby’s S|2, Signals, April - July 2018, n.n., p. 49, illustrated in color